He's a crime, he's a criminal. What what would you like to know? I would like y'all to walk him out the door instead of calling having all these tourists being somebody like CHUCK E. CHEESE. WOULD Y'ALL PUT MICKEY MOUSE in handcuffs? Have a good night. Have a good night. On July 23rd in Tallahassee, Florida, police responded to Chuck E. Cheese for a call regarding credit card theft. When they arrived, Mr. Cheese was entertaining the kids. Here's what occurred. 77, 77, we're going inside the restaurant. They bring him out here, we can talk to him in there. We'll detain him and put him in the car. Okay. We got to read him his Miranda rights before we talk to him, too. Oh my god. All right, I'm going live. Yeah, for sure. This is going to be epic. Oh boy. Oh my. And then I'll see you later. Yeah, he said he didn't know him. We don't know who he is. We don't know him. Thank you, sir. Yes, we are. Do it. I want you to. Go around and in. Go around. You want to do it in front of the kids? Ma'am, who's in the mouse suit? Was it the gentleman that was just up there? Okay. Chuck E. is a little bit busy, ma'am. Chuck E. Come with me, Chuck E. Come on. Come with Chuck E. Chuck E., stop resisting. Stop resisting. You're being detained. Stop resisting. Let it Let it go. Let it go. Do not cause a scene here, sir. I got I got one. All right, for now we have one detained. Hey, he's the suspect. He stole someone's card here and he's been using it. Someone that was one of your employees. Like a co-worker or something like that. Yeah, I understand. Yeah, we'll have to get him back in the city. He's a crime, he's a criminal. What what would you like to know? I would like y'all to walk him out the door instead of calling having all these tourists being somebody like CHUCK E. CHEESE. WOULD Y'ALL PUT MICKEY MOUSE in handcuffs? Have a good night. Have a good night. I will. 77, you can come out in the front. Does this come off, man? Is it Is that Does this just come off the top? Oh, I hurt you. I work here. I understand you work here. What the [ __ ] is this about? We're going to talk to you We're talking in a second. Um how does this come off, man? Is it just like a normal I can't I get that I got to take this back to This is my work stuff. Okay, take care of that. Yeah, we'll do it. Put him in the front, read him and then go from there. Search him as best you can. I know he's probably got uh internal pants, but Don't worry about your Don't worry about reaching or anything, okay? Where are the You got pants on underneath this? I got a track on and stuff, all right? I got a uniform dress. What is going on? >> Just have him Just pat him down. Just pat him down for now. Just make sure there's nothing great. You have any weapons, knives? >> I don't carry weapons. Okay, perfect. I'm reading you your rights. Okay. What is going on? I'm going to explain that Explain that to you right after I read you this, okay? I don't know what y'all talking about or what's going on. All righty, sir. I'm Officer Cruz with Tallahassee Police Department. I'm conducting an official criminal investigation concerning fraud. Any false statements about material matters given by a witness under the oath will be will consult penalty. I'm sorry, that's the wrong one. All right, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you are being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise those rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of these rights as I've explained them to you? Yeah, I understand, but what is going on? I don't know anything. Have you previously requested any law enforcement officer to allow you to speak to an attorney? I have not. I don't know anything about the none of this. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? What is going on? Having these rights in mind, do you want us to talk to you? Do you wish to talk to us about what's going on? I just need I just want to know what's going on. I have to get back to work. >> having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? Why y'all even harassing me and I didn't even do anything? I'm here working doing what >> I sir, I need you to answer the questions before I talk to you. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? I I Why would I talk to y'all if I don't know what's going on? It's a yes or no, sir. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? What of them, man? You said yes? You said yes? Okay. All right, so we are investigating some some fraud stuff with a credit card. Have you Have you been using anyone else's credit card anywhere? >> No, sir. >> Have you been Have you been shopping lately with a credit card? >> No, sir. Only card I use is my own Cash App. That's it. So you don't use a credit card anywhere? >> No, sir. Okay. Um You You've never obtained a credit card from here, found one, lost, or whatever else and used it anywhere else? So there wouldn't be any video of you anywhere shopping with a credit card. Like at the meat market. >> At the meat market that doesn't belong to you? I don't know anything about a meat market. >> You don't shop at the meat market? You have So you haven't gone anywhere and used a credit card to shop anywhere in the past week? No. Okay. Um Okay. Well, yeah, what about All right, well, I'll tell you what. I don't know anything about I was I was going to look at the video for myself. Tell me the name of the places. >> even know anything about none of this. Okay. As far as I know. So we got Cuz I cannot afford to lose this job. This is all I know and love. >> I got you. Have you ever been to a place called 720? 720 O in Tallahassee? Oh, the meat market. Yeah, we got What about Cloud Smoke Shop? Have you ever been there? Okay. What about the Waterburger? You go to the Waterburger and get some food with a credit card? Okay. The neighborhood meat market, you went there multiple times I used my own card. Not on I use other people's stuff for nothing. Okay. At the meat market, you used your own card? My own card, that's it. So you did you did go to the meat market then. I go there, but I don't use nobody's card but my own. >> that there? The meat market. >> A few days ago. >> A few days ago? Okay. And you used your own card there? Yes, my own. Nobody else's. Is that the app thing you were talking about? Your Apple Pay thing? >> Yes, that's it. Cash App. They take Cash App there? Okay. What about the Time Saver's, too? Cash App. >> Cash App, so you've been there? So you've been there recently? About 2 weeks ago. Okay. What about What about Tony Mart? No? Haven't been there recently. >> Haven't been to Tony Mart? Okay. What about Time Saver's again? So you You go to these places and use your Cash App on your phone to pay for stuff? Never with a card. Okay, so if we got video of you using a card I use my own card, no one else's. Well, you said it's a phone, right? It's a I I have that card, but it's not with me today. You have the card, but it's not What What cards do you have on you today? I don't got no card on me. What boss card? That's it. That's it? Okay. And a pack of cigarettes, that's it. Okay, so you're So you're denying all our claim of going over to these places and using someone else's credit card. I use nobody's card but my own. Okay. You know how much meat you bought or about how much stuff you spent in the past few weeks on your your your Apple Card or your Cash App card or whatever card you had? Not a [ __ ] You sure? No No ballpark? Okay. What were you buying from? Like the the 420, the smoke shops? Just cigarettes or >> Cigarettes. I just cigarettes. Okay. What about the other shops? What were you buying from there? Don't know. Don't know the number. Don't know the number. Okay, so just meat and cigarettes. I mean I don't know nothing about all this stuff. I don't use no card but my own card. I don't know nothing about this other [ __ ] I can Does that look like you? Something you wear? No, sir. I don't wear no know like that. You don't wear anything like that. That's not you? That's not you. Hey, look at me. It's going to be in your best interest to tell the truth, okay? Don't don't pretend like that's not you in the picture, all right? You know it's you. Just start telling us the truth. I don't want to go to jail I mean if you're lying to us, you're only going to make things worse on yourself, buddy. Cuz all that's going to go in the report and all the judge is going to see all that [ __ ] I'm not trying to go to jail today. I I understand that, but we got to investigate what happened here. So, if you want to I mean if you want to let us know what's going on, that would help everyone here, including yourself. Um what is that noise? It's the It's Oh, they are okay. Hey can you hold this for me, sir, please? What? Get his name and information. All right. You got your Do you have your ID card on you in your car in your pockets? You don't have your ID card on you? We're We're going to We're going to find out if you got it on you. So, if you're if you're lying to me, it's not going to go well, man. What's your name? Hold on a minute, officer. Can I go inside and get my ID card? >> Sit down. You can tell us where it is and we'll go get it for you. Well, that's Just tell us where your ID card is and we'll go get it. >> have it at all today. So, it's not inside? >> name? My first name is Jermel. Spell it for me. J E R M E L L J E R M E L L? >> Yes. What's your middle name? J. What's your last name? Jones. Hey, do you Do you know his name? Well, I know his name. Yeah. I do. I mean he's my employee. I Can you take the stuff off of Yeah, we'll get the whole store cleared out. We're We're going to We're going to take it off you in a second. What What's his name? Jermel Jones. Jermel Jones? Okay. How long has he been working for you for? Almost 2 years. Okay. So, for as long as you've been working here, he's been He's been here? Uh Okay. Just let you know, there is a a lady that had a birthday party here. He stole her credit card and has been using it for the last month. So, that's that's why we're doing all this. All right. I and and to be fair, he he had known that we were here and we saw him through the window in his regular outfit, his regular uniform, and then I think he he thought that he could hide in the Chuck E. Cheese uniform and that's why he here for it or does he usually So, Chuck E. So, he has to be Chuck. He's the Chuck E. first. Yeah, he usually is. Yeah, so I mean I understand what y'all doing. I just the suit I got a lot of kids. Cuz they come to see Chuck. They literally crying there right now. Sorry about that. Do those feet slide off? Let Let's He wants to He The manager wants the uniform. So, let's try and take that off. >> that out. Here, give me his info. All right. What's his name? Jermel? Jermel. Jermel Jones or Jermel Jones. >> J E R M E L L? I got to go before I can take this off. J E R Yeah, I'm saying Yeah, just give us a sec. J I'm sorry. J E R M E L L? Yes. Let me see your feet. Okay. Yeah, we'll We'll take care of that. I'm not trying to go to jail today. I don't want to go to jail today. I don't want to go to jail today. All right. Can you stand up? Is there a belt on those pants? I got to take You got to go before I can take all this stuff off. No, no. We're going to take it off for you. Is there a belt on your pants? I got to take this stuff off to get to my wallet. >> I don't I don't think you're understanding. Hold on. Hold on. I want to go to >> Okay. So, it's a little Hey, you got to detach it up there. Okay. Okay. You got to detach it up there. It's going to come off your head. Well, we'll we'll work on this and get it to you as soon as we can, okay? Zay go to jail. I'm not trying to lose this job. Something I don't even know I don't know what. If we take these cuffs around Are we going to have to get in a fight? No, sir. I'm going to cooperate. >> Good. I'll go cooperate like a regular person. Thank you. All I do is do this 9 to 5 every day. That's it. I go to work, come home. That's it. Huh? Yo. I thought they Uh this about to cost me my I'm about to lose >> know, man. I know the I The owner's a pretty good guy or the the manager >> The GM. He's a good guy. I don't know if it's going to cost you your job, man. I don't want to go to jail for nothing I ain't do. If I find a card or something, I turn it in and inform y'all. We're going to figure it out, man. We're going to figure it out. If I was to find a card or something, I would give it up. I don't do nothing with other people's cards. My body camera is on and it's recording you saying that, okay? Go ahead and take your shirt off, please. I'm innocent, man. Working. Mhm. Not really. All I do is work. This. Okay. I believe you. We're just doing our job right now too, sir, okay? I don't know. Can I smoke a cigarette? >> No. Not right now. Not right now. Not right now. We'll get to that in a second. Thank you. All right. Stand up. Face away from me before you have your hands behind your back. I don't want to go to jail today. I might have been on camera in that store you saw, but not using what y'all think. Okay. Thank you for letting us know what's going I'm not trying to mess up my work day. Yeah, what's your middle name? You said J. What's your middle name, sir? Middle name, sir? Jermel. Jermel? Yeah. How do you spell it? J E R R E A U. I hate that name. J A R R E A U? Yes, sir. What's his name? I ain't talking. Yeah, get his social. I It should be on the bottom there. I wrote that for me to understand. Like I said, we're just doing our job to you, man. I'm just ready to get back inside. I'm ready to go back to work. I hear you. I hear you. I mean we got to do what we got to do. We can't interfere with the deal and then we'll figure out what we're going to do. Huh? I think he got into the Chuck E. Cheese outfit. He's in the Chuck E. Cheese outfit. What does the card you use look like? Do you have a physical card that you use? No. It's all mine. It's all white. >> It's all white? Is there anything on it? The lettering or any any numbers or anything like that? >> my cash app name. What is not written. It's just all white. It's just plain white. Nothing else on it. Nothing but my name and information and a little stripe. I don't have it on me. No stripe? Where's the stripe at on it? On the back. On the back? Is it the like the thing that goes across that you would scan stripe? Like you swipe. >> Okay. Do you have any other cards? That's the only card you have? But I don't have that card with me today. >> you. I understand. Um he said he only has one card. It's completely white. Okay. 341, go ahead. 10-4. Hunter, tele type's looking for you. Tele type, go ahead. So, we got The only card you have is the one plain white card. It's got your name on it in small and just the stripe on the back that you would swipe scan. Yeah, but it's not with me today. >> I understand that. You have no other cards. You have no other credit cards, debit cards, any type of cards. Bus cards. That's it. What are those? >> [clears throat] >> Like the kids the bus with. Bus card? Okay, but you can't pay for items with that, right? >> No, no. You can't do nothing with that. >> Okay. And and you said when you go to these places where you were you saw yourself on camera, right? You used your your your own white card there. Okay, which is plain solid white. Right. >> Okay. Which has your name and the back swipe swipe stripe on it. Okay. All right. Okay. Um and then yeah, other than other than that, you would just use your phone app to pay for stuff and just that one white plain white card. Okay. All right. And did you use at all those smoke shops and meat places where you using your just your white card >> Just mine. >> with that or your phone to pay at My card. You switch back and forth? Yo. You know I know the same card. Okay. And um what kind of stuff are you buying from the meat market? Was it meat or was it They sell other stuff there? I eat snacks. Snack foods? Okay. So, not a lot at once. Maybe what? Anywhere from 5 to 15, 20 dollars at a time? Yo, when I'm especially when I got to eat when I'm coming here. Yeah, I understand that. I'll bring you a car or I'll have my other officer bring you a car in one sec. Your shirt. Okay. Trying to identify him still. Really? Yeah. What's your Have you ever been arrested today, sir? Or in ever? Have you ever been arrested? The last time I was arrested was years ago. Years ago? Where was that at? Here. This is one of the places I ever did something. Is this Tallahassee? In Tallahassee. What'd you get arrested for? The last time I got arrested It a possession case. I ain't been in trouble ever since. Okay, possession of what? Weed. Okay. It's supposed to be a ID card, but I don't have it. I have to get it renewed. What's your social again? Give us Okay, got you. So, yeah. And you in the past few [clears throat] weeks, you haven't found any any credit or debit or anything cards here? No, sir. And if you did, you would have turned them in. Okay. Okay. We're going to get We're going to get to the bottom of it. We're going to see if what you're telling me matches up with what the video evidence shows and with what's going on. You know what I'm saying? So, we got to do our job, too, right? If something's reported, we got to check into it and make sure we know what's going on, right? So, the manager was he wasn't working today, huh? The guy with the glasses? Yeah, that's him. He's a good dude. He's a good guy. How long you been working here for? 2 years. 2 years? And I love it. Yeah, it's good it's a good place. It's a good job. I ain't trying to lose this over some boys that don't have no control over. Got you. I'll be feeling like these kids not doing They got I entertain kids who are living. >> Got you. Okay, I got it now. You got it? We'll get you that number right now. I just I just want to go and work and make a living. It's all right, I got you, sir. Do you have a card for me real quick? Do you need two cards from him? Yeah, two. All right, so where are we at? Um so, he says he only has one physical credit card. It's plain white, just his name on it and the magnetic strip on the back. That's all he has. If he would have used a card at all of these stores that he's he's seen himself on camera at, it would have been either phone, Cash App or the Cash App all plain white card with a magnetic strip on the back. So, the card that we see you using in the footage with the circle on it, what card is that? I didn't get that far. That's what we see in the footage, so what what is that? One of my cousins they send me with they card to go to the store here and there. That's it. What does that card look like? I do not know because it's not with me. Have you gone to the the store with your cousin's card at all in the past few weeks? Keep Keep Keep working on that. I need my notepad. I'm writing some information down. Come on, I need your cousin's information. I don't know none of their information, no. You don't know their information, but they send you to the store with their credit card. They be right over here with me. Where do they stay? You know How do you get in touch with them? That's all I have. What's their phone number? I do She don't got one. She don't got a phone number, so where does she stay? Where does your cousin stay at? Like I gave you a card. What's that? On the other side of town, man. On the other side Where on the other side of town? I'm trying to help I'm trying to help you. You're telling me you're going with your cousin's card. Give me some information on how to find your cousin so we can verify and see what kind of card she has so we can help you. If you If you're going to tell me you're going with someone's card and not give me any information that helps me see if that's valid. >> like a gray card, but I don't know what kind of gray card it actually is cuz I only used it >> to the store with anyone else's card other than hers in the past few weeks? No. Just hers? Okay. What's her name? What's her name? All I know is Key. That's all I know. Key? Yeah, that's all I know. I don't know her actual >> Y? Yeah, that's all I go all I know by. Okay, what's Key's phone number? I don't have her number. How do you get in touch with her? >> [laughter] >> Facebook, but I don't have I don't my phone on me right now. Her Facebook? Facebook Messenger? Something like that, but Okay. I don't I don't do nothing I ain't supposed to be doing. I ain't trying to go to jail today. Uh and you don't know what her address is. You don't know where she stays. Not physically I stay with this cousin. I stay with somebody else. And you said hers is a gray credit card? Yeah, it's just gray. That's all I know. What's What does it look like? Does it have her name on it? Does it have a magnetic strip? Does it have any other features on it? All the thing I know is her name and the what on that the strip. That's it. All I know is the strip. Nothing else. I don't know of nothing else. Okay. All right, so which which day did she give you her card for you to go to the store? Yesterday. Yesterday? Any other day in the past 2 weeks did you go to the the store with her card? Quite a few Quite a few days. Which days? What? Last week. That's all I know. I don't know nobody else, she. But which which day? Were you going to pick something up for her? Were you going to pick something up for yourself with her card? Yeah, when they need something they send me with. They don't own [ __ ] Okay, where do they send you from? Where are they at usually when they're sending you? Like at the house or something. Whose house? Like her house. All right. I don't stay with her, but it's just somewhere on this side of town. I don't know exactly what. At your house? Her house. I don't have one. Well, how do you get to her house? Sometimes I catch the bus if I decide to go, but I don't go over there anymore. What stop does the bus drop you off at over there? I get off like I forgot. You forgot? Okay, and you say you don't know which stop you get off at. You don't know how you make it to her house or where it's located when you get off the Okay, so how do you plan to meet up? How do you How do you call her? What's her phone number? I don't have her number. Okay. Do you have anything inside? Your manager's asking. Any personal items inside for us to get for you or anything like that? I don't know what's going on. Um well, you're probably going to jail, so. I can't afford to go to jail today. I understand. I'm about to get fired. I hope he doesn't fire you, sir, but do you have anything else you need us to grab for you? Can I get my own wallet? >> Stay Stay in there. Where are keys? Yeah, so where are they so I can tell him? In in the Chucky room. In the Chucky room? And it's work keys? Yes, sir. What else? Wallet or anything like that? I don't got a wallet. You don't have a wallet? I don't even know no what no card I got. Got you. Right now it's it's out of our hands cuz there's been something that's been reported and there's there's physical visual evidence to match it and what what you're telling us is not helping break any of that. You know what I'm saying? So, basically we're we're probably going to have to take you over to jail, book you for this, and then the detectives are going to have to get to the bottom of what's going on here. If you're If you're innocent, they'll I mean, they'll talk to you and they will of course you're innocent until proven guilty, but they'll talk to you and you'll figure out with them the timeline of events and what's going on and how this stuff happened and how this misunderstanding took place if that's what it is. And if not, if it's if if it's something that you did and you're you know, you're either honest with them or you're not and that's going to affect court trial and charges. So, it's it's how honest you're being helps you more You know what I'm saying? More than it's going to help anyone else. So, it's We're We're trying to find out what's going on. What you're telling me is not making a whole lot of sense with what I'm seeing and it's If you want to lie to us, you can lie to us. That's your choice. >> to lie to y'all, but [ __ ] If you want to tell us, you know, the truth or you can tell us whatever, you know what I mean? But if you The more truthful you are with us, the more it's going to help you in the long run. Cuz I'm not trying to go to jail today at all. I understand that, but what That's where we're at right now. We're going to jail right now. Did you say you understand we have you on camera with someone else's card and then the exact amounts that you purchased the items and the times that you appear on camera? >> with that card. >> probable cause for an arrest. >> We have everything that that shows that. >> We'll be en route to the jail. We'll be searching you. Okay, we'll search you. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Don't be reaching for anything, buddy. >> I want to tell y'all something. Say what? >> What do you want to tell us? I bought a card today. Okay. I bought eight cards today. I never used this card, but I do have eight cards. Okay, we're going to find that card on you. We're going to find that on you, huh? Okay. That's fine. Step out and face away. I'm just complying to y'all that. That's fine. What am I being charged with? What am I being charged with? >> have anything to poke me or stick me, right, sir? Last thing I want to do is get poked by something. Okay. What am I being charged with? That's all my smoke, sir. Do you have a medical marijuana license, sir? I was on the way to getting one. Okay. All right. On the way. Here, just set it up, Doc. That's mine. Oh. I wonder what this one is. Yep. And there's yours, too. So, you did have your card on you. I thought you told me you didn't have anything. I thought I didn't have it today. Okay. I found that today. Okay. I found that today. All right, sir. Got you. Can I please smoke a cigarette? Yeah. That's going to be up to my boss here. That's not up to me. You want to let him smoke a cigarette? No. Please. No, sir. Uh jail staff can decide that when you get there, okay? All right, have a seat back there. Actually, take your take your shoe off. Mr. Cheese was arrested and charged with credit card theft, criminal use of personal identification, and fraudulent use of a credit card. He has since bonded out of jail. Please leave a comment, and of course, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for new videos. >> [music] [music]